Amidst all the fanfare about the opening of Local Mission Market (by the folks behind Local Mission Eatery and Local’s Corner) comes the revelation that the group has yet another project in the works: Local Cellar. They’re taking over Jefferson Market, the corner store at 22nd and Florida that’s been run for almost 50 years by the same guy. Inside Scoop reports:

The owner of the building, Ibrahim Muhawieh, has also been running the liquor store for the last 49 years. He’s never had another job. Not too long ago, he came into Local’s Corner and gruffly asked for the owner. [Local Mission Market's Yaron] Milgrom recounts that he thought he was in trouble, but as it turned out, Muhawieh was selling the market and asked Milgrom to buy it.

“He had seen what we were doing at the Corner and he had seen my kids around the neighborhood,” says Milgrom, who lives across the street from Local’s Corner. “And I think he wanted it to be a family business again.” [link]

A nice little story. And what’s more, Local Cellar will traffic in local beers and spirits, as well as homemade syrups, tonics, bitters, ice, and more. AND they’ll do delivery! Look for it early 2014.

or did you only discover it when wise son deli jumped on the cheap rent and has been making money hand over fist since the day they opened? and existing businesses that actually serve the community struggle to stay open.

you just don’t get it and it seems you probably never will.
people are opposing these businesses because all the monied folks flooding the mission, don’t get it either.

go ahead stand behind the mission turning into the next marina and stand poised to move to the next neighborhood that the working class, artists, bohemians and politicos decide to live.

El Tonayense, despite having the most delicious (and for years the cheapest) tacos in the city, was often empty. I went there multiple times a week. I loved it. I make the trek to their trucks on Harrison now. But I saw the writing on the wall. They provided a fantastic product at a great price. And no one came.

Have you ever thought that it’s a two way street? El Tonayense served the community well. The Community failed this business.

Existing businesses that actually serve the community don’t struggle to stay open — if they’re struggling, it’s because they don’t serve a large enough chunk of the community. That’s how business works. If you want subsidized or politically protected business for your niche in life, just say so — quite a few of us have no problem with that.

Then you would be wrong. but sheesh, he’s doing exactly what previous waves of people moving in have done– start a business, live by the store, work hard, start a family and go to school all in the community. And his businesses donate to the local public schools.
But really, leave his kids out of it.

I would not open my mouth about where someone’s kids go to public school in SF. You do know that you can’t just decide to send your kid to your local public school. You do know it’s a lottery system that could have your kid going to school anywhere in the city?

Sorry if that knocks your off your high horse a bit, but you should probably do a bit of research on the public school system in the city you profess to know so much of the history of.

FYI the mission is a low test score area, which means if he lives in the Mission it is a no brainer to get his kids into a public Mission school.

i’ll write this part slow for you…please read it slow for better comprehension.

you want to know who is going to take all the spots in the excellent sunset schools from the locals who actually have lived there for generations???… and moved there specifically when no one else wanted to ( yes believe it or not people lived in the sunset before Outerlands opened) so there kids could get a better education.

i will give you a hint:

> they will be driving brand new audi’s with dealer plates, cutting over from 17th street thru the castro.

the owner of “locals corner” (what a an ill conceived name) when twitter/facebook goes the way of yahoo/hp/cisco etc etc. then the sheep will be gone and the remaining millionaires will find the next shiny thing to capture their attention… and he is left with a mediocre over-priced restaurant and an overpriced liquor store.

btw does anyone here remember “take orders”..well it was an equally ill conceived restaurant that is now the “pork store cafe” on 16th.??

it was a military themed restaurant that the floor was painted battleship grey and the servers all wore military uniforms. again the owner did not even understand the long history of the mission of anti-war peace activism. well at the time at least, now worshiping excess and the almighty dollar/stock option is taking over.

unless we stand up and continue the push against the yuppies to get with the program and patronize and support long standing/existing businesses instead of wanting the best of everything at any cost to the neighborhood.

That Jefferson market POS was condoning drug dealers big time. I mean big time. Scum going in and out of his shit shop all the time. So yea, I’ll take an overpriced fru- fru “wine store” anytime over a drug magnet. Good riddance!